Wind Energy

Plans to build the world’s first energy island which would provide power for three million households have been given the green light by Denmark’s politicians. The giant artificial island, to be built in the North Sea, will be as big as 18 football pitches (120,000 square metres) but could end …

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, has announced an investment of $13.73 million in a new windpower research centre. The NorthWind research centre will work on innovations to make wind power cheaper, more efficient, and more sustainable. One of the centre’s main priorities will be offshore wind research. …

A plan to build a 150-metre tall wind turbine in Avonmouth, near Bristol, that will be able to generate enough electricity to power around 4,000 homes each year has been given the green light. Bristol City Council granted the application by Ambition Community Energy (ACE), a community interest company set …

They will have a total installed capacity of 102.5MW and generate enough electricity to power more than 60,000 households at peak times.

Wind energy is a virtually carbon-free and pollution-free electricity source, with global wind resources greatly exceeding electricity demand. Accordingly, the installed capacity of wind turbines grew at an annualized rate of >20% from 2000 to 2019 and is projected to increase by a further 50% by the end of 2023. …

Greencoat UK Wind is buying the 25.1% interest, which equates to 92MW of capacity.

The 143MW wind farm will generate enough electricity to power around 90,000 homes.

The 200-metre-tall turbines are expected to produce 62GWh of clean electricity every year, enough to power almost 20,000 homes.

NINA has also found ultraviolet lighting may deter the birds from the lit area and notes different placement of wind infrastructure could help reduce impacts.

The Summit supercomputer will be used to conduct otherwise infeasible research that is expected to lead to improved efficiencies in offshore wind energy production.